Maachis is a 1996 Indian Hindi period political thriller film directer Gulzar and producer R. V. Pandit. It stars Om Puri, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh and Jimmy Sheirgill in the lead roles. The film portrays the circumstances surrounding the rise of the Sikh insurgency in Punjab in the 1980s and traces the transformation of a youth from a boy next door to a dreaded terrorist bent on wreaking vengeance.

Virasat is a 1997 Indian Hindi drama film, directer Is Priyadarshan. The story was adapted from the Tamil film Thevar Magan. Mushir-Riaz duo producer the film. It starred Anil Kapoor, Tabu, Amrish Puri, Pooja Batra, Milind Gunaji and Govind Namdeo. The music was composed by Anu Malik and S. P. Venkatesh, with the former composing the songs and the latter composing the score. The film marked the comeback for Priyadarshan in Hindi cinema.Music director Annu Malik reused some of the original tunes of Ilaiyaraaja from Thevar Magan.

Darmiyaan In Between is a 1997 Indian film starring Arif Zakaria, Tabu and Kiron Kher. The film is set in Bollywood of the 1940s and tells the story of an actress who discovers that her son is a eunuch. Renowned Hindustani vocalist, Rita Ganguly, has appeared in the film.Shahrukh Khan was originally slated to play the role of intersex, finally essayed by Arif Zakaria.

Chachi 420 is a 1997 Indian Hindi comedy film, co-written, co-producer & directer Is Kamal Haasan. The film is a remake of the Tamil film Avvai Shanmughi which was inspired from the Hollywood film Mrs. Doubtfire 1993. It was the first film directer Is Kamal Haasan who also starred in the film playing double roles. The film also starred Tabu, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal, Rajendranath Zutshi, Ayesha Jhulka, Nassar and Fatima Sana Shaikh.

Border is a 1997 Indian war film based on the Battle of Longewala during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, produced and directer Is J. P. Dutta. The film starred an ensemble cast of Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, Akshaye Khanna and Jackie Shroff in pivotal roles. The film is an adaptation from real life events that happened at the Battle of Longewala during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The film was screened retrospectively on August 13, 2016 at the Independence Day Film Festival, jointly presented by the Indian Directorate of Film Festivals and Ministry of Defense, commemorating the 70th Indian Independence Day.It was the second highest grossing Bollywood film of the year worldwide behind Dil To Pagal Hai and highest-grossing film of the year in India.

Fanaa is a 2006 Indian romantic drama thriller film, directer Is Kunal Kohli and producer Is Yash Raj Films. The film stars Aamir Khan in an anti-hero role, Kajol as his blind love interest, and Rishi Kapoor, Tabu and Sharat Saxena in pivotal roles. The film was a major commercial success and won three Filmfare Awards.

Thakshak is a 1999 action-drama Hindi film writter & directer Govind Nihalani. Touted as Nihalani’s attempt at popular cinema, this film stars Ajay Devgn, Tabu and Rahul Bose in the lead roles. The soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman. The movie was commercially flop on box office.

Kohram is a 1999 Indian Hindi action film directer Mehul Kumar.It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Danny Denzongpa and Tabu as its main cast, with Jaya Pradha, Jackie Shroff and other supporting actors.